The $200 billion club could soon be old hat as tech bosses ride the AI wave to new levels of wealth.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Alphabet cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have seen their personal fortunes soar to over $250 billion each, putting all three men within striking distance of the $300 billion mark.
For context, some of America’s largest companies, including Costco, Netflix, Home Depot, Chevron, and Wells Fargo, have market capitalizations between $300 billion and $400 billion.
Page and Brin were worth $281 billion and $261 billion, respectively, at Friday’s close, per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. They added $101 billion and $92 billion to each of their fortunes in 2025, making them the year’s biggest wealth gainers after Elon Musk, and have gained another $12 billion and $11 billion each already this year.
The key driver has been Alphabet shares soaring 65% last year, and rising a further 4.5% so far in 2026, as investors have grown more and more excited about the search-and-advertising titan’s AI efforts.
Bezos’ wealth has climbed more modestly, from $239 billion at the start of 2025 to $268 billion at Friday’s close. That reflects a roughly 5% rise in Amazon’s stock price last year, and another 6% rise this year, as investors wager the e-commerce giant’s massive AI investments will start to pay off.
Only Musk is richer than the trio; the Tesla and SpaceX CEO was worth $639 billion at Friday’s close. He saw a $165 billion wealth jump last year, thanks to Tesla stock gaining 11% and SpaceX’s valuation leaping from $350 billion to $800 billion. He’s added an unmatched $19 billion to his name so far in 2026.
Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison briefly surpassed Musk in wealth last September, when his fortune ballooned by a record $89 billion in a single day to $388 billion. Since then, investors have cooled on Oracle’s AI prospects, pushing down Ellison’s net worth to $251 billion at Friday’s close.
In total, there are 18 “centibillionaires,” or individuals with at least a $100 billion net worth. As a group, they grew $708 billion richer last year, lifting their combined wealth to $3.6 trillion — a figure greater than Microsoft’s market value.
Within that elite group, there are seven people worth upward of $200 billion: Musk, Page, Bezos, Brin, Ellison, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Bernard Arnault, CEO of luxury giant LVMH.
All of them except Arnault own huge stakes in some of the world’s leading AI companies, which have soared in value as investors rush to buy their shares on news of buzzy partnerships, massive contracts, and sky-high growth forecasts.
Advocates, including investors Ross Gerber and Kevin O’Leary, have told Business Insider that AI will supercharge productivity and boost corporate profits.
But skeptics, like Michael Burry of “The Big Short” fame, have warned that tech giants are overinvesting in microchips, data centers, and other infrastructure in their scramble to win the AI race, creating a bubble that will burst disastrously down the line.
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